<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:21:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/centralizedbanking/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Living Without a Bank Account In 2025: March Update]]></title><description><![CDATA[In August 2023 I stopped using my bank account, I closed it a few months later and never looked back. It was not easy getting there. There were many things that, I believed, depended on me having a bank]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@ogrenkondrat/living-without-a-bank-account-in-2025-march-update-cwc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@ogrenkondrat/living-without-a-bank-account-in-2025-march-update-cwc</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ogrenkondrat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvfeHWDBqPCARbdDfcyzedSt5fajbnGpjonHCBDtfg1kdS9x8kXFFtXX8fM7b8LvAoyZbugRmiwL3nKxbyJXePyS7CMXutLJMC4DjRoWUwrukE9CPGwp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overcoming Bank Dependency]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently mentioned on a thread that 2024 was my first whole year without a bank account and today I'm happy to say that next May will be two years in total. I never thought of this as a big accomplishment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiat/@ogrenkondrat/overcoming-bank-dependency-hyc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiat/@ogrenkondrat/overcoming-bank-dependency-hyc</guid><category><![CDATA[fiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ogrenkondrat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy2z6mpCxbn9Lc49sjMZMFMacZek5trYzmJsz8G53xuSyRnMipzYgNJRZCNXCSH8zfGStTHzo7r5MjyiiVYfCBFtCfYxeVuQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>